Thursday, September 18, 2008

Veresk Bridge

The Veresk bridge (Varisk) in Iran was constructed during the reign of Reza Shah. It is located in Veresk district of Savadkooh county, in Mazanadarn province.During World War II, it was known as the Pol-e-Piroozi, or the bridge of victory. The bridge is at an elevation of 110 m and its arch measures 66 m in length. The bridge is one of the masterpieces of the Danish engineering firm Kampsax, serving the Trans-Iranian Railway network in Northern Iran.

9 comments:

Wow!fantastic shots Danial!I wrote a paper about Iranian historical bridge which was acsepted for a congress in Semnan university last month,so I know this bridge well.Danial,please advertise more for your blog.I am sure it is one of the best blogs in city daily!

Description about sari

(/Sārī/ Mazanderani: ساری, Persian: ساری‎; also Romanized as Sārī; also known as Shahr-i-Tajan and Shari-i-Tajan) is the provincial capital of Mazandaran and former capital of Iran (for a short period), located in the north of Iran, between the northern slopes of the Alborz Mountains and southern coast of the Caspian Sea. At the 2006 census, its population was 259,084, in 71,522 families.